A Son of Wolves

Chapter 16: Final Warnings

One thing Leo never thought back to or remembered that he packed in his bag, his cell phone. It hid away in the darkest pits of his bag, never to be seen again. That was until he dropped it in mud this morning and as he went to wash it, his phone fell out. To no surprise, when he switched it on, he found several missed calls and old text messages from Rick, Ciara, Caitlyn, Al and his social worker. It wasn't a surprise or coincidence that he expected it, but now he had some way of communicating to his friends outside the pack. Although, it wasn't going to be of much use around here. It seems no matter where he went; he was never able to get any signal. Once again, no surprise seeing as he was in the middle of nowhere. But he wasn't going to let that bother him today; he had plans of his own.

It was early afternoon, two days after Leo sent out his last warning to the site; the Omega gang invited him and his father to a log sledding race. He'd watched them before, and it looked fun. But it was one of those things where he was ecstatic about doing it when he was asked and watched it before, but quivering in fear when he was stood at the top of the slope. He looked down it with wide, fearful eyes and Humphrey standing next to him with a smile, amused at his reaction. "You guys can't be serious!" Leo exclaimed as he looked back at them.

"We are dude." Salty replied.

"Not going to chicken out now are you?" Mooch asked as he and Shaky dragged over a board big enough for them all.

"No, but can't you see how dumb this is? You could be killed!"

"As my son I thought you would have known better." Humphrey grinned. "We used to take you down this slope ten years ago."

"That was then and I can't remember that now. But ten years later, I have common sense."

"Gets that from me." Kate giggled as she sat to the side and watching them with a smile.

"It's not that I'm scared, I've done sledding before in the snow, it's just…"

"Just…?" All four Omegas asked in unison.

"This is faster, and contains a higher chance of death."

"There's a lake at the bottom, it'll soften our fall." Shaky said as he stepped into the sled.

"Come on son, its better then running this is. It's such a rush." Humphrey said almost pleading. Leo looked into his father's eyes; he so badly wanted to go with him. He saw in his eyes that this was father-son bonding and it that he wanted to do this with him again. He looked to his right, and back to the first attempt of a sled they made. It was too short and not wide enough to even fit two wolves in. It was short thener Leo, up to his chin. But Leo saw it as perfect for him. He walked over and picked it up to carry it back over.

"Fine, I'll race you down." He said dropping the board on the floor.

"How could you use that?" Salty asked.

"A human trick." Leo answered. "Now are we doing this?" He asked again as he placed one foot on the board. They all looked at one another, unsure whether Leo now doing this was dangerous. But they were Omegas' they lived for danger, fun and adrenaline. They climbed inside; Humphrey at the front, then Shaky, followed by Salty and final Mooch for more speed.

"Good luck." Mooch said.

"Three, two, one…GO!" Kate screamed and wagging her tail. The Omegas leaned forward to start their run, whereas Leo picked up his board, jumped over the hill, bring the sled under his feet and then sliding down as it came back to the ground. It was easier then he thought, it was like when he used to snowboard; only it was on dirt. Kate ran to the top of the slope and watched as her boys and friends flew down the hill.

Leo leaned right to avoid a tree, but then corrected his stance and posture to lean back and move to the middle of the course. Adrenaline filled howls yipped behind him. But as he turned to look, the four Omegas came soaring passed his right and along side him. Leo looked at them, all looking back from him to the tree that had fallen over the track. Leo only just managed to look back ahead to jump over the log and continue on. "Not bad son!" Humphrey called out to him.

"Not bad for a bunch of elders!" Leo called back.

"We're only five!" Salty shouted.

"Plus the time you took to wait for me…!" Leo replied as he then began weaving around trees, seven of them. Right, left, right, left, again and again until he had enough time while along the straight to yell again. "That makes you all fifteen years old, that's older then me in human years!"

"Older in both ways! In wolf years you're only two!" Humphrey yelled while they went over a ramp and came crashing down back to earth. Leo saw one, a little bigger coming to the right of the course.

"You guys are slow, watch this!" He slowed it down to move behind them and then suddenly veered right to the side of the course and then lined himself up with the ramp. He leaned forwards and narrowed his eyes, scouting the jump and beyond it. He pulled ahead of the Omegas who watched on and narrowly avoided stupidly placed boulders and hazards.

Leo hit the ramp, only he leaned over and across to his left as he did. He flew over to the left and above their heads. He high pawed his father as he was upside down above them before rotating around and landing again on he other side of them. He stumbled and wobbled around, but he was stable enough to keep it going. The Omegas smirked at him, both impressed at the humans trick, yet seeing how easy it was to pull of. They drifted around a narrow bend through the trees, one more jump before the final one and into the lake. Not an idea that Leo wanted to do, but it seemed to be the only way to stop, neither of them had any brakes. But that would be a problem or when it came. The Omegas had a final jump to impress the human and prove that they had experience and skill under their pelts.

"Mooch, get ready!" Humphrey called back. Mooch leaned forward and raised his rear off the ground a little and readied himself. They hit the bottom…"NOW!" Humphrey yelled. He slammed his rump against the back of the sled and the front lifted off followed by the back as they went over. Leo watched in amazement at these clever wolves, the documentaries never spoke of this. The front of the sled came over, as the group began to back somersault, but they weren't done. While it did, they all held an extra grip onto the sides of the sled and let their hind legs come out and swing around. They all howled and laughed as they swung around and then came back to earth, first managing to get back into the sled and finish off their run. Now it was the final jump and regrettably into the lake.

Leo saw it coming, but not the jump, it was strange, all the Omegas looked excited for something, only he didn't see anything but the lake. He drifted over as close as he could get the them. "What happened to the jump?" He asked.

"Wait for it!" Mooch chuckled. He looked back ahead, only then to see what they were getting excited about. The hill continued on for another four hundred yards, only it went into a steep slope, far stepper then any other part of the course and admittedly to the Omegas, this was the steepest part of any course in the Valley. Leo gulped as he then drifted back and started to slow down, not wanting the speed to over flow his body with more adrenaline then it was feeling. But his father looked back at him at him and smiled warmly and nodding for him to just go for it. Against all his instincts and common sense, he leaned forward again and sped back up as the Omegas leaned back to become more aerodynamic via flattening themselves against the sled. Reaching speeds of nearly fifty miles an hour, they flew down the narrowing course until the point came they were right beside one another. Either that or they crash into the trees and welcome the bark as a painful experience.

They hit the jump and Leo leaned back and kicked off his board as the Omegas sprung off their sled, all three screaming and laughing as they flew in the air and across the lake. Another thing they didn't tell Leo, there was a fifteen foot cliff on the other side of the jump, and the height they achieved only added to the height. They spun and whirled around out of control as they came crashing and splashing down and into the water. The screams became muffled as the water slowed them down quickly and they started sinking. Leo opened his eyes, finding the water near crystal clear. He saw the Omegas spinning around under the water and looking for the way up. His father was only beside him, laughing away as he was and air bubbles escaping their lips. They swam back up, and meeting with the others at the surface.

They emerged with a loud gasp for air, everyone was accounted for. They all looked at one another, panting and breathing deeply. But slowly, smiles crept onto all their wet faces, to the point they were all laughing uncontrollably. They were some way from the shore, so they started swimming, splashing each other along the way and continuing to laugh.

By the time they made it, they were panting beyond relief, all five of them flopped out on the sandy shore of the lake. Partly laughing, but mostly panting. Their hearts beat frantically, but steadily they started slowing and their normal breathing rate returned. But their muscles ached with fatigue, that wouldn't go away so quickly. They'll be feeling it for a while.

An hour later, Leo was outside the back of his den, hanging up his wet clothes after changing into some dry ones. Only his wasn't wearing anything on his top half. It was warming today and he wasn't complaining or going to if anyone saw him. His parents had plenty of times, but not the bottom half. He threw his damp clothes over a branch, perfectly in position in the sun; it would dry them out in no time. He pulled his phone out of his bag and turned it on. He needed help for the construction site today. But then again, he's need signal. So he looked up the tree his clothes were drying on, maybe he just needed to go higher? He stepped back and took a running jump up the tree, scrambling up it quickly and in no time. He looked back at his phone, nothing. So he went higher. He moved around from branch to branch and at different heights, until finally he managed to get one bar. He cheered for himself and dialled Rick's number at the same time Kate and Humphrey came walking out the den to investigate the noises he was making.

"Leo?" Rick asked upon answering. "You have your phone?"

"I only remembered I had it today." Leo chuckled. "I need help."

"Hold on." Rick replied. All Leo heard was him talking to someone else and the sound of running footsteps before then a door shutting and him answering again. "Al was in the room, we had to get out."

"We?" Leo questioned.

"Ciara and Caitlyn are here too."

"Hey Leo!" They both said from the other side of the line.

"What do you need help with?" Ciara asked.

"My latest plan for the site, wanna help me?"

"You guys can talk, I can't keep going out or Al will have my head." He heard Caitlyn say before a door closing again.

"We'll help, what's the plan?"

"Meet me in the normal spot in an hour, we'll think of something."

"Ok, see you soon." Rick answered.

"See ya."

"Where are you going?" Kate yelled up the tree.

"What were you talking to?" Humphrey asked.

"Talking to the others, we're going back to the site." Leo answered as he started to climb down.

"You weren't talking to anyone though."

"Little old for imaginary friends aren't you?" Kate giggled. He jumped out from the high spot and landed with a grunt and a thud. It racked his legs with pain more then they already were, and it sent a shock right up them, but it soon went away as he stood back up. He held out his phone and the two wolves started sniffing it.

"It's called a phone; humans used them to talk to one another from a long way away."

"What's wrong with howling?" Kate asked as he stood back up.

"Humans can't and don't howl if you didn't know." He chuckled as he went back over to the pond where his nag of clothes was. Kate was captivated by the fact he was still wearing his necklace, she had never seen him take it off. She smiled, knowing if he never did, then she and Humphrey would never been forgotten or far from him. Leo knelt down beside to pond and started rummaging around inside for a decent shirt. Out of all the clothes he had back at the care home, they had to pick the ones he hated. He wanted a T-shirt, a simple one. But that was all he had anyway.

But then he had an instinctual pull, one that made him freeze and stare at the bag. His parents who were just about to head inside sensed something wrong and looked back at him frozen to the spot. "Leo?" Kate called out. "Honey are you ok?" He didn't move or speak.

"Son?" Humphrey asked, but still he did nothing.

By some strange coincidence, Sahara came walking into the den, but seeing Kate and Humphrey on the other side, she came through and started talking, but they didn't pay her any attention. When they saw them staring worryingly at Leo, she asked why, they answered they didn't know.

Leo looked to his right and at the pond, feeling a sudden urge to go towards it. He leaned over, dropping the bag and cautiously looked into it. He expected for some reason something to come launching out of it and to attack him for a strange reason. But it wasn't something in the water, it was on it. His reflection was that wolf again, only this time, its eyes were a deep orange and it snarled and bore his teeth at Leo. For the first time in a while, he was fearful towards it, and as soon as it roared, Leo screamed and moved away as fast as possible. His heart beat frantically and he breathed deeply in panic as his parents and Sahara came running over. "Leo what's wrong?" Humphrey asked as he and Kate tried to calm him down, but Sahara looked into the pond to try and see what he did.

"Don't!" Leo exclaimed and holding out his hand to stop her. She continued and looked into the depths of the water, even scooping some of it out and letting it fall back into the pool and causing it to ripple.

"There's nothing there." She said looking back at them.

"Leo what did you see?" Kate asked in a soothing tone and stroking his cheek.

"A wolf." He breathed. "Before I came, I had nightmares with this wolf in it. After that it started coming to me in reality and I got used to it. I don't know why it's scaring me now."

"You saw it?" Sahara asked bewildered. "In there?" She added and pointing to the pond.

"As a reflection, I haven't seen it for a while now." He gasped.

It's just your imagination Leo." Kate soothed while Sahara had another look, trying to see it for herself.

"It's not." Leo gulped. "It's something else."

Neither Kate nor Humphrey knew what to do, was this what all humans were like? According to both Leo and Sahara, it's not normal. That's why he ran away to find them weeks ago. But a few minutes later, he insisted he was fine and continued to get ready. They were bewildered by the fact he still wanted to go out and to the construction site, but he thought some fresher air would help. So he left, but with Sahara. Humphrey still had aches and pains all over his body from the morning and Kate had her duties to the pack to complete. But she had a while, but she didn't have time to go with her son and then come back. So the parents sat and walked around the den, just trying to pass the time and get the fatigue out of her muscles.

Eventually, Kate sat facing the front entrance to the den with a sigh, depressed that Leo wasn't himself and something could be wrong with him. Humphrey groaned to his paws and padded towards his mate to sit beside her and let her rest her head on his shoulder. "What are we going to do with him?" Kate sighed as she and Humphrey looked over the view of the Valley.

"He'll be fine, he's one tough Alpha."

"I still worry about him."

"He's our son." Humphrey chuckled. "We have permission to worry about him unnecessarily." Kate giggled lightly, oh how her mate could cheer her up. But then again, it was his role in the pack to do so. She sighed and lifted her head back up, but then her mate rested his head on her shoulder and curled his tail around hers.

Minutes into the calm, relaxing moment, Kate felt a tickling sensation that was her mate licking her neck. She giggled again and closed her eyes to savour his touch. She turned her head and as he pulled his back and met with his nose. They stared one another in the eyes, Humphrey becoming lost in her angelic amber gaze and Kate seething with lust in his cerulean blue irises. In unison, they pressed their lips to the others, not taking anything slow and throwing their tongues in the others mouth. Humphrey placed a paw on her cheek, as she did to his neck, both starting to become unbalanced and ready to fall over. But before they did, Kate moved her lips away and Humphrey started kissing and nibbling on her neck. "Shall we take this into the den?" She gasped at the pleasure.

He broke away, giving her enough time to move back and curling her tail under his chin and exposing herself to him as she led him deeper into the den. She lay on her back and Humphrey stood back over her, once more not wasting any time in starting slow and wrestling with the other's tongue. They turned their heads sideways to maximise the pleasure and reach deeper into the others mouth, moans and groans escaping both of them. Kate wrapped her paws around his neck and once again moved her lips away and he started licking and excitedly nibbling on her neck. She gasped in ecstasy and closed her eyes. Instinctively, her claws began to dig into his scruff, but he didn't feel it, if he did, it only aroused him all the more.

He moved back over and started working his lips up her neck, cheek, licking the corner of her mouth and then back to kissing her deeply and passionately. He took his left paw and placed it on her cheek before slowly running it down her neck, shoulder, ribs, side and then resting it on her hips, all that to feel the curves of her body. She started bringing her tail up and tickling his inner thigh and around his stomach, wanting to give him the same pleasure she was feeling.

She gripped his shoulders tighter, and using her Alpha strength rolled them over and standing over him, impressively, without breaking the kiss. Now he had two paws to work on her. He did the same with his right paw and brushed it down her body, resting them both in her hips and massaging them. He pulled her down to him and she could feel his sheath against her belly. She giggled lightly, but also a little disappointed he had such great self control despite the fact they both knew where this was going.

He ran his paws all over her as the intensity of the kiss and the overall intimate moment got to them. It then came clear to Humphrey why he started this off when a very recognisable scent flooded his nose. She was in heat. Just because she was unable to conceive, it didn't mean she couldn't go into heat. It was how she seduced him on their first time anyway. But at least he could satisfy her when her urges became too much and feared she take it out on other males without the fear of consequences. He thought she was acting strange this morning, she was in the bath as soon as she was up, something she never did. Maybe she tried to wash the scent away before going out on patrol this morning with the other Alpha's? Smart choice.

The scent started to build in the den, finally arousing Humphrey to the point Kate then began to feel something prod against her belly. She giggled again at knowing what it was, if anything, it only aroused her all the more. She lifted lips herself off her mate, but he kept her paws on hher and the kiss was broken for the first time in the ten minutes they had been like this. "I'm in no rush…" She panted. "Are you?"

"What about your Alpha duties?" He panted. She gripped him by his shoulders again and rolled them so he was once again over her.

"Screw that."

Meanwhile, Leo had met with Rick and Ciara, Sahara once more eager to see the humans again. They started getting used to her presence, not afraid to go up to her and stroke her, but only if Sahara herself was ok with it. Sometimes she growled at them, but most of the time she'd approach them skittishly, creeping up towards them, but then jumping back as if they were going to attack. It made them all laugh though. The humans just had to be slow around her.

They hid behind another spot in the tree line, seeing that a park ranger was stationed where they usually were. Maybe the manager was after him now. They peeked around trees and tried to come up with an idea while they scoped the area. Bricks were now being laid, the water works once more fully functioning, the buildings were now starting to look like buildings. Whatever they seemed to do, they just bounced back bigger and better. This was going to need something major. "We could always run another stampede through here." Sahara suggested.

"Naa, that didn't really do much before." Leo replied.

"Huh?" Rick asked.

"Sahara just suggested something, don't worry." He smiled back but received a crazed look.

"We could...rig the crane again."

"There are people in them, we can't do that again." Rick replied.

"Then what is there to do?" Ciara exclaimed and slouched on the ground again the tree.

"What is she doing?" Sahara asked pointing to her.

"She sulking." Leo chuckled.

"Because there's nothing we can do now." She said pulling out a flower from the soil and playing with it.

"We need something big." Sahara said looking back around the tree. "Something creative, something that'll really send the message." Leo looked around, not seeing much; his imagination really was lagging now. But a loud clunk caught his attention and the others as they turned to see. A man opened a big cargo container and from what they could see, inside was filled with fuels, gas cylinders, bottles of spirits, things that pretty much go bang if not handled with care. A SUV came driving passed and parked just out of the tree-line as if on cue and a man stepped out, miraculously not seeing them and then walked off. They all looked at one another; Sahara did, but trying to understand what they were thinking.

"This is crazy!" Ciara exclaimed as they ran over to the container after it was closed again and abandoned.

"Exactly." Leo whispered back. "This will send the message."

"What if we hurt someone?" Rick asked as they made it and leaned against it to remain hidden.

"We won't, don't worry." Regrettably, the door was pad locked, they needed it open. "How do we get in?" Leo asked again as they all looked around for something to help them but also to be sure they weren't seen. There was a tent beside them and they couldn't be certain if someone was inside, so they had to be alert and quiet. Sahara pushed passed him and jumped up in the door and by taking her claw; she jammed it into the lock. She fiddled around for a while, before the lock snapped open and fell off. Leo and the others looked down at her in shock and awe.

"What? I can open a human's lock." She giggled. Rick took one door and Leo the other and together, they managed to open the large, heavy doors, irritably, making as loud creaking sound due to the old rustiness of them. Luckily, it seemed no-one heard. So they ran back to the car, hoping this plan would work. They ran behind it and Ciara sat in the driver's seat due to her being the lightest and the rest started to push, even Sahara. They pushed and pushed, but they didn't move, it was too heavy, and the fact the car wheel was in an indent in the ground didn't help. "Too…heavy." Sahara groaned. They all groaned and moaned as they let go and stepped back.

Then Leo had an idea, he called Ciara out and swapped her with Sahara. He told her what the round wheel did and how to work it and that when it was fast enough and close enough, to jump out before it hit. He ran around to the back of car, once again receiving crazed looks from his friends.

"Remember, line it up with the container then jump out." He said quietly around the side.

"Got it!" Sahara said back and taking the steering wheel in her mouth.

"Push." Rick seethed as they all did. They rocked it back and forth three times before giving it their all on the fourth and getting the wheel out the hole. It started rolling, but they kept pushing it to gain enough speed. Sahara, spun the wheel around in her mouth and using her paws to move it faster, and she steered it, much to Rick and Ciara's surprise. The truck gained speed, to the point they couldn't keep up with it anymore and had to let it go. They stood in plain sight and Sahara lined it up with the container, and at the last possible second, she jumped out, rolling skilfully and turning back to catch up to Leo.

"Run!" Leo yelled, no longer afraid to be heard, for they would be. Only a few steps into the run was there a colossal crash followed by an ear piercing bang that sent out a shockwave and pushed them to the ground. Sahara seethed at the sound screaming and ringing in her ears. What felt like several minutes, but was really only five seconds, they looked back at the burning car, container and large tent that was erupting into flames. Workers dropped what they were doing and ran to this side of the site and the manager came barrelling out of his office, first seeing the think black smoke but then the three people and a dog.

"Crap, RUN!" Leo yelled.

"After them!" The manager yelled. "Don't let them get away!" He bellowed as men started taking off after them.

"That was your last warning Robinson!" Leo yelled upon nearing the tree line.

"You just had your last warning boy!" The manager shouted back. Leo remembered the hunters that came into the Valley a while ago, their truck said "Robinson's Construction". This was the guy Leo had to target.

Across the Valley, Winston walked to the spot he wished he never had to go back to. A place that only reminded him that the United Packs were once enemies, he didn't want to think of that anymore. But he had to go; he was obliged to by his co-leader. Tony howled for him, asking to meet him in this place. It was the river that marked the border of the old Eastern and Western territories, but now it was their own private meeting place. He emerged from the bushes just as Tony was jumping over the river, landing with a crack in his back and seething. "Age is a disappointment isn't it Tony?" Winston chuckled.

"There are a few benefits to it. An early retirement could have been one."

"What did you want to talk about?" Winston asked as they sat before one another.

"The human." Tony answered. Winston only grumbled and then got up to turn around. "Why can't you see he's a danger to us all?"

"Why can't you see he's done more good then anyone in this pack has ever done before?" Winston snapped back and turning to face him again. "He healed my daughter, he's become one of the finest Alphas of the pack, he's going to save us from his own kind, he's willing to go fight for us and against them."

"He's bringing them down on us Winston." Tony growled. "Since he came back the humans have only increased their efforts to hunt us down. When were you going to tell the pack that Hutch, Cando and Scar was killed over three days ago, do their mates know yet? Their families?" Tony interrogated.

"They gave their lives for the pack." Winston replied confidently. "Their families will be proud…"

"That their fates came at the paws of a human, the same human that brought them here." Tony interjected before he finished. "The humans want him back, so let's give him back."

"No." Winston replied simply and turning to walk away again.

"If you don't get rid of the human Winston, then I will. Please don't make me do what I have to do." Tony pleaded for once . Winston didn't answer or look back as he faded into the thick trees. Tony sighed and sat back down to hang his head. A minute later, he felt something brush against his side and a look out the corner of his eyes showed it to be Sanali.

"Just think…" She said. "If you let us do this, your pack will be free, we will have our family back and your pack will have made a new ally."

"As much as I need your help, I don't want to jeopardise my pack."

"We promised you that not a drop of your packs blood will be split, and that's what will happen." She replied as she grinded her side against his, only he didn't care about her affection to him. "Only the human's."

Important chapter here, Leo now has enemies on both sides. The Human want him for what he did to the construction site and the Northern Pack want him for Tony's ranting and conspiracies. It seems only a matter of time before one of the strikes first, but who first? Read and Review to find out. I'll see if i can get an update up tomorrow at some point. By the way, how impressed would you guys be if i told you I've only seen this film once in the year it came out when i was babysitting? I am i can tell you that.

A last note is the departure of a great author in my eyes and the Alpha and Omega fanfiction world. Dawn Walker Wolf is leaving, and i find it very inspiring how his fans have written a story on his death or his departure as a party featuring his characters He's reviewed this story before, so i hope he sees this and knows that i have read his stories and have loved them all. He deserves the fans he has. I'm not planning on leaving soon, not until i do one more story and possibly another mini one for all my Starnik series fans, a mini story. How would you like that? Until next time. :)

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